1. They Make Bland And Insipid Music For People Who Don't Like Music
Sometimes it just seems like too much of an effort to even attempt to back up your assertions with fact or opinion. So when feeling particularly lazy or unimaginative, those who hate Coldplay will attack their fans. Music for bedwetters is a popular line, but more often than not it will be declared that Coldplay make bland, uninspiring and insipid music for those who don't like music. The implication being, of course, that the person making this claim is a person of vastly superior taste. To like Coldplay is beneath them. After all, how could anyone possibly
choose to listen to Coldplay? Don't do this. Don't
ever do this. It's
fine to dislike Coldplay, OK? Happily, we don't live in a society in which you're restricted from forming and holding your own opinions. I used to be the sort of person who said things like If you don't like them, don't listen to them. This is sage advice for anyone, as what's the point in dwelling upon or defining yourself by what you don't like when there's so much good music out there? But of course you're free to criticise. It's perfectly acceptable to say I just don't like them or I just find them boring. I'd be happy to leave it at that. I would. Really. But all too often, people can't simply leave it at that. It's not enough for them to accept that some people like things that they don't. No. Some seem to believe that to like Coldplay is a mark of an inferior mind or even an inferior person. I can promise you that this is not the case. To like Coldplay is not a sign of weakness. Who are you to assess the validity of a person's love for music? Since
when have you been in charge of who we should and shouldn't listen to? In what
universe is your taste in music to be treated as the standard by which all else must be judged? The universe in your head, clearly. But speaking of headspaces, you have
no idea what goes on in a person's mind when they hear a song they like. You have no way
at all to comment upon how any given song makes any given person feel. What bores you rigid or makes you smirk at the inferior tastes of the masses might well be the one thing that makes a person's life worth living. You just don't know, so bear this in mind: If you don't like them,
you don't have to listen to them. But if you must criticise, say the worst things imaginable about the band, but leave. The fans. Alone. It applies to all bands, not just Coldplay. Everyone is much more than the sum of their interests, and if you'd dare deny anyone the feelings they feel when they listen to music, well. There's a word for people like you. I can't type it out here, but just think of the word you might use to describe Chris Martin and apply it to yourself.